FlyPoot

摘要

I so often open the pages of FlyPast and read something with which I can associate. This time it is the history of the Vickers Wellington included with November's excellent Bomber Command 85 issue, and especially mention of the Hawarden factory (then known to us as Broughton - Hawarden was the name of the RAF base attached to it). Early in the war, the scoutmaster of the Hawarden Scout Group was asked by the factory management if he could provide half-a-dozen lads to carry out an urgent job. Being an ardent aviation enthusiast, I volunteered. Six of us were shown into a large building containing a huge heap of debris from the factory floor sweepings. From this heap we were shown a small nut and explained that it was a self-locking nut used in the geodetic construction of the Wellington. If a worker dropped a nut, they'd simply select another one rather than climb down to retrieve the fallen item.